Gran Chaco

American  

[grahn chah-kaw] / grɑn ˈtʃɑ kɔ /

noun

1. an extensive subtropical region in central South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).

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Gran Chaco British  

/ ɡran ˈtʃako /

noun

1. Often shortened to: Chaco.  a plain of S central South America, between the Andes and the Paraguay River in SE Bolivia, E Paraguay, and N Argentina: huge swamps and scrub forest Area: about 780 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

The situation is equally dire in neighbouring Bolivia, where up to 4m hectares in the Chiquitano dry forest, Amazon and the Gran Chaco ecosystems have gone up in flames in the past two months.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2019

The Guardian visited the Gran Chaco and saw bulldozers at work.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2019

But difficulties reaching vector control targets remain in the Amazon basin and Gran Chaco regions of South America and in the border area between Guatemala and El Salvador, the report says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2017

One Presidium is in the lowlands of the Gran Chaco, a bioregion encompassing parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2017

Its chief features are its great plaza, its church and the palace of the governor of Gran Chaco.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various